Thinking of pulling a sickie at work to catch a quick flight? Think again.
The likelihood of running into your boss outside of work is pretty slim, and if you do, it’s usually at somewhere pretty harmless like the local shops.
But imagine running into your boss inside a plane after you’ve called in sick. Talk about a nightmare! This happened to one freelancer who ended up on the same flight as her boss after saying she was too ill to work.
Grace, also known as @grachevaaleidya on TikTok, is a content creator who balances her time between Europe and her home country of Bali, Indonesia. Recently, she needed to head back to Bali, but instead of telling her company the truth about her travel plans, she told them she had a doctor’s appointment because she was feeling unwell. Sneaky, right?
Grace thought she had it all figured out until she boarded the flight. To her horror, she received a message from her boss, who had sneakily taken a selfie on the same plane, with Grace clearly visible in the background. That was the moment she realized she was caught red-handed.
Grace, who has over 116,600 followers on TikTok, quickly went viral after sharing her blunder online. In her video, she looked visibly mortified, capturing the exact moment her boss sent her the revealing message. Over the clip, she wrote, “Me taking a sick day from work only to end up on the same plane as my manager.”
Fans and followers swarmed the comments to share how they might react in a similar situation, leading to some hilarious responses. One user wrote, “I’d cry like a baby and give my resignation letter.”
Interestingly, Grace later clarified in an interview with Newsweek that she actually spotted her boss before even getting on the plane. She explained, “I was waiting in the line and then I saw a familiar face coming to me, which called my name.” Her boss, who frequently travels to Bali, recognized her and sarcastically asked, “Oh, so this is a hospital?”
Despite the awkward situation, Grace mentioned that they both ended up laughing about it. They chatted all the way to the airplane, and it was during this chat that her boss snapped the now-infamous selfie and sent it to her.
For those wondering if Grace faced any repercussions, she mentioned in her TikTok comments that both she and her boss eventually resigned but didn’t provide further details.
This story serves as a humorous and cautionary tale for anyone considering bending the truth to get out of work. It proves that it’s always best to be honest because you never know who you might run into – even thousands of feet above the ground.
